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Night street scene at a festival gate in India. A golden arched gateway with Devanagari lettering spans the road, and a large banner on a float shows a painted deity figure holding a cup, with a smaller portrait of a saffron-robed sadhu below. Crowds line both sides behind yellow metal barricades, with many people in white and some in orange. Shopfronts display multiple framed portraits of a saffron-robed man with long hair. A Maharashtra police barrier runs along the right. Several people stand in the roadway and along the barricades, and there are more distant figures in the crowd.

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September 13 20152015-09-13A night street procession moves down a wide road lined with spectators on both sides, many seated on the curb in white and light clothing. A large banner carrying a painted image of a woman in blue offering a bowl leads the procession, and a tall orange-and-white vertical banner stands to the right. Several robed figures in orange, saffron and cream walk in the procession, while the crowd watches from the pavement and balconies. Street lamps, illuminated arches and billboards light the scene. The people in the foreground and behind the banner are walking with the procession or watching it pass.2015-09-15September 15 20152015-09-15Night street scene at a Kumbh Mela procession route with police barricades marked 'Maharashtra Police'. Two uniformed police officers in khaki stand at the front, one holding a long stick. A young man in a cream shawl over an orange dhoti stands at left. A bearded sadhu in orange robes leans on a staff beside another sadhu in orange. People in orange and red dhotis and saris crowd the street. At right, a decorated float or chariot covered with marigolds and orange flowers carries figures. A multi-storey white building and a yellow banner stand behind.2015-09-15A night-time street procession fills a crowded road lit by bright lamps and strings of red lights on buildings. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with red and saffron sashes, walk in a dense group carrying red and saffron flags and banners, some with gold or orange emblems. Behind them a decorated vehicle or float carries figures. Crowds of onlookers line the barriers on both sides, and police in khaki stand at the yellow barricades. A maroon banner reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam with a Mahamandaleshwar title. A large portrait-style poster is mounted on a stand near the left edge.2015-09-15Night street procession at a Kumbh-area road, with many saffron, orange and white-clad sadhus and devotees walking past crowds on both sides. In the foreground left stands a large painted banner showing a blue-skinned deity with a long braided hairstyle drinking from a bowl, with a circular portrait and printed text along its lower edge. A green-shirted man stands at right, and a truck and decorated vehicles with lights appear further back among shops and street lamps.2015-09-15 +1 copiesSeptember 13 20152015-09-13September 13 20152015-09-13 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesA night street procession at a Kumbh Mela area crowded with devotees and sadhus. Many people in white and saffron robes walk in front, some carrying red and orange flags on poles and an orange-bordered emblem banner. A purple banner in the foreground shows a figure in saffron with a red shawl and a Dhyanapeetham-style Hindi slogan. Police officers in khaki uniforms and masked onlookers line the roadside beneath strings of orange and green lights on a building. Hanging banners on the right display portraits of a bearded saint in saffron and a painted image of figures in ornate attire. Sadhus in orange and white stand among devotees along the lane.2015-09-15September 15 20152015-09-15